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Academic Honesty Statement
(Approved by UAAC 2/12/02, by Faculty Council 2/21/02)
Students on a Christian college campus are expected to do all academic
work with integrity. This means that they should practice academic
honesty without exception. The College takes this so seriously we
ask all incoming students to sign a statement guaranteeing that
they understand the notion of academic integrity and will conform
to the policies described below.
All forms of academic dishonesty, which include cheating and plagiarism,
are inappropriate on our campus. Cheating and plagiarism are variations
on a theme: both involve offering the work of another as one's own.
Students cheat and/or plagiarize when they:
- Give or receive aid from another student or other person during
a test, quiz, or homework assignment when they were told to work
alone.
- Copy all or part of another student's work-an exam, worksheet,
homework assignment, essay, speech, musical composition, web production,
etc.-and submit it as their own work.
- Copy all or part of any published or copyrighted source such
as a book, periodical article, or musical composition and submit
it as their own work.
- "Cut and paste" information from a digital source
such as a CD-ROM or web page and submit it as their own work.
- Steal ideas or conceptual frameworks from another source and
submit them as their own without giving proper credit to the source.
- Submit other people's work as their own (e.g. a roommate's term
paper or one purchased over the Internet).
- Ask someone else to complete a writing project for them and
revise and edit the work in such a way that they are not really
the one responsible for the final document. (Please note: GC's
faculty often encourage students to share their work in progress
with others, in fact the College even pays writing tutors to help
students think through revising an assignment. This is simply
a good habit for any scholar that we fully endorse. What we don't
want students to do is let another person take over and complete
an academic task that is their own responsibility.)
This list is not exhaustive, but should give a clear idea of what
constitutes academic dishonesty. In general
terms, academic dishonesty occurs when people knowingly or unknowingly
take credit for words or ideas that are not their own in work that
is produced for a class, presentation, publication, or other public
domain. All forms of cheating and plagiarism involve intellectual
theft, and thou shalt not steal!
Students are responsible to use appropriate quotation marks whenever
they use words from another source. They must cite sources for ideas
that originated with others. They are responsible to learn the specific
documentation methods required in their chosen academic disciplines.
Whenever they are in doubt about how to cite sources or use others'
writings in their own, they should ask a professor.
At GC academic dishonesty has severe consequences. If instructors
discover any instance of cheating or plagiarism, they are well within
their rights to assign a failing grade for that assignment or for
the course. Furthermore, they must report the student to the department
head and the Office of Academic Affairs. This office will forward
the information to the appropriate deans. If a second instance of
academic dishonesty occurs, the student will receive a failing grade
for the course, and the case will be forwarded to the Vice President
of Academic Affairs for review and possible further disciplinary
action. A student may be expelled from the institution for repeated
or extreme violations of academic integrity. Appeals can be handled
through the normal judicial process.
College Policy on Writing
"Greenville College is committed to helping students improve
writing. The college expects all courses to contain a writing component
as part of the evaluation of student progress. We expect students
to produce written work that is focused, well developed, organized,
and relatively free of grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors.
Papers that fall short of this standard will not be accepted; the
work will be returned to the student for revision within a reasonable
time."
Portfolios at Greenville College
Academic departments within the College are required to assess
the impact of their programs upon the lives of students who graduate
in each major. One of the ways this is done is through a student-owned
portfolio containing a collection of "best works" which
the student considers to be evidence of personal growth toward what
the GC mission describes as "transformed lives of character
and service." The portfolio contains the StrengthFinder, papers,
projects, videotapes of performances or presentations, audio tapes
of radio/music class works, and a summary of a student's co-curricular
experiences in music, athletics, ministry, newspaper or yearbook
articles/photos, and volunteer service to the community. Assignments
that are evidence of student excellence are drawn from courses contributing
to general education, the major, the minor, leadership experiences,
and service.
Students are encouraged to talk with their professors and advisor
regarding the collection of best works to be included in the portfolio.
Assignments and projects from any course may be included in the
portfolio. Students may select the way in which their portfolio
is compiled: 1) as a collection of papers within a three-ring binder
or other professional folio/folder; 2) as a collection of files
on a floppy disc; 3) as a collection of works on a CD; or 4) as
a periodically updated personal web page. Norm Hall, Dean of Student
Development is coordinating a pilot project for students interested
in developing web-based portfolios. If you are interested in this
method, contact him at extension 7117.
Before the close of the semester, talk with your advisor and the
professor teaching this course regarding those assignments, tests,
or papers you consider to be "best works" and worthy of
inclusion in your portfolio.
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